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Orange squash
WaitrosePlant Based Foods And Beverages · 5000169127117

Orange squash

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 4 additives of concern.

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.

Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 27 Mar 2026

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Why it's rated this way

4 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Sodium metabisulphiteModerate concernSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  2. SucraloseModerate concernSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  3. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  4. Acesulfame KMinor concernSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Water50%No flag›
  • Comminuted orange from concentrate20%No flag
  • Acid10%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E33010%No flag
  • Acidity regulator10%No flag
  • Sodium citrates · E33110%No flag
  • Flavourings2.5%No flag
  • Sweeteners2.5%No flag
  • Acesulfame K · E9501.3%Low

    Sweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.

  • Sucralose · E9551.3%Moderate

    Sweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.

  • Preservative2.5%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E2021.3%No flag
  • Sodium metabisulphite · E2231.3%Moderate

    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.

  • Stabiliser1.3%No flag
  • Carboxy methyl cellulose · E4661.3%Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Antioxidant0.6%No flag
  • Ascorbic acid · E3000.6%No flag
  • Colour0.6%No flag
  • E160ai0.6%No flag
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Water, comminuted orange from concentrate (20%), acid (citric acid), acidity regulator (sodium citrates), flavourings, sweeteners (acesulfame K, sucralose), preservatives (potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulphite), stabiliser (carboxy methyl cellulose), antioxidant (ascorbic acid), colour (beta-carotene)

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium metabisulphiteSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
  • SucraloseSweetener; emerging genotoxicity concern around the impurity/metabolite sucralose-6-acetate.
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
  • Acesulfame KSweetener; broadly assessed safe but some consumer-avoidance and limited animal-study questions.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 1 not assessed

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